Will We Have to Pump the Great Lakes to California to Feed the Nation?

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3. Desalination seems a better option to me

They are doing it in Hawaii:
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2024-06-18/oahu-water-desalination-facility-federal-funding


I think the biggest problem with desalination plants is the incredible amount of energy required. But that can be solved by the ocean as well. I just read this the other day (also in Hawaii)

Revolutionary Grid-Scale Wave Energy Generator Deployed in Hawaii
By David Szondy, July 26, 2024
Source: https://newatlas.com/energy/revolutionary-wave-turbine-hooked-hawaii-energy/

Ocean Energy has deployed its 826-tonne wave energy converter buoy OE-35 at the US Navy's Wave Energy Test Site off the coast of the island of Oahu ahead of it being hooked up to Hawaii's electricity grid.
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The system has not only been tested in Hawaii, but also in Scotland as part of a US$12-million project funded by the US Department of Energy's office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). With a potential output of 1.25 MW, OE-35 harnesses energy from the waves using a remarkable double-flow air system.
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